These data area an extraction of the "dominant" fishing data from the
New Hampshire and Southern Maine Ocean Uses Atlas. For the full dataset
please visit, http://www.mpa.gov/dataanalysis/atlas_nhsm/.
The New Hampshire and Southern Maine Ocean Uses Atlas Project is an
innovative partnership between NOAA's Marine Protected Areas Center and
the University of New Hampshire’s
Coastal Response Resource Center
CRCC. Inspired by and used in the March 2010 Spill of National Significance drill (
SONS 2010
),
the Atlas project fills a critical information gap in response efforts
and ocean management by mapping, for the first time, the full range of
significant human uses of the ocean in state and federal waters off of
the coast of New Hampshire and southern Maine. Spatial data for nearly
30 ocean uses were gathered during a participatory mapping workshop
convened with regional ocean use experts. The resulting atlas data
provides baseline information regarding the location and extent to which
the ocean environment is used for non-consumptive, fishing, and
industrial and military activities. The results of this project can be
accessed below and include individual use maps, sector aggregate use
maps, and downloadable GIS data.
Click here
for more information about the New Hampshire and Southern Maine Ocean
Uses Atlas. Additional details on workshop logistics and attendees can
be found at the
CRCC’s Atlas page
.